Theodore Roosevelt O'Neil Meighen (October 1905 – 1979) was a Canadian lawyer and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of former Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and Isabel Cox.

Education

Meighen was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. He attended the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1925, student #1865. He studied law at Université Laval in Quebec City.

Career

He practiced law in Montreal, and became a senior partner in the firm of

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. During World War II, he was based in Halifax, Nova Scotia while serving in the Royal Canadian Artillery. After the war he retired, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He established the T. R. Meighen Family Foundation in 1969.

Family

Meighen married Margaret "Peggy" DeLancey Robinson in 1937. She was a descendant of American

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Beverley Robinson. Their children included Michael Meighen, who was later named to the

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. Following Theodore Meighen's death, Peggy married Senator Hartland Molson in 1990, and remains the only Canadian ever to have both a son and a husband sitting in the Canadian Senate simultaneously. She died on December 18, 2000, at the age of 85, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Theodore Meighen was also the brother of arts philanthropist Lillian Meighen Wright.

External links

T. R. Meighen Family Foundation

References

Theodore Meighen 1905 births 1979 deaths Canadian military personnel of World War II Lawyers in Quebec Canadian philanthropists Children of prime ministers of Canada People from Portage la Prairie Royal Military College of Canada alumni 20th-century philanthropists Canadian people of Scottish descent {{Canada-activist-stub